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Talk:History of science (view source)
Revision as of 02:38, November 22, 2011
, 02:38, November 22, 2011Thanking C for that perspective and asking for help
Unfortunately for Christendom, Greek philosophy was merged with Christian theology. And this, more than anything else, is what caused the birth of modern science to be delayed. The break with Aristotle stemmed from Christian theologians who questioned Aristotle's self- evident truth of the eternal universe. Their theology taught otherwise, that the universe was created ex nihilo. This teaching was formally and solemnly declared in 1214 as the Fourth Lateran Council (although is was debated a long time prior). The declaration essentially stated the truth of our finite creation, but said we could only know this from revelation. This declaration freed Christian thinkers as they began to reinterpret the world simply by assuming as fact the temporality and contingency of the universe."[http://ldolphin.org/bumbulis/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:46, 20 November 2011 (EST)
Unfortunately for Christendom, Greek philosophy was merged with Christian theology. And this, more than anything else, is what caused the birth of modern science to be delayed. The break with Aristotle stemmed from Christian theologians who questioned Aristotle's self- evident truth of the eternal universe. Their theology taught otherwise, that the universe was created ex nihilo. This teaching was formally and solemnly declared in 1214 as the Fourth Lateran Council (although is was debated a long time prior). The declaration essentially stated the truth of our finite creation, but said we could only know this from revelation. This declaration freed Christian thinkers as they began to reinterpret the world simply by assuming as fact the temporality and contingency of the universe."[http://ldolphin.org/bumbulis/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:46, 20 November 2011 (EST)
:That's food for thought. Let's write about both (a) our Ancient Greek scientific heritage (like Ptolemy estimating the earth's radius) and (b) how Christian men propelled science to even greater heights (e.g., Galileo, a Catholic; Kepler; Newton; etc.)
:Atheists like to pretend that materialism is what separated modern thought from primitive superstition (like Christianity!); but actually their [[methodological naturalism]] has encourage error and fraud (like [[Piltdown Man]] and [[Evolution]]). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 21:38, 21 November 2011 (EST)